The Latest Breaking News from Black Sea

Admiral Viktor Sokolov appears in new but undated video on Russian TV

Several hundred members of Russia’s Wagner private mercenary group have returned to eastern Ukraine to fight but are not having a significant impact on the battlefield, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Wednesday. Wagner fighters played an important role in Russia’s capture of the eastern city of Bakhmut in May…

Ukraine had said Viktor Sokolov was killed in a missile strike which was denied by Russia

Russia again strikes at Ukraine’s port and grain infrastructure; border crossing with Romania closed following drone attack

Ukrainian officials say Russia struck the Black Sea port city of Odesa for a second night in a row in a drone barrage that damaged a warehouse, charred dozens of trucks and injured two drivers in fiery explosions

Ukraine special forces claim Russia’s top admiral in Crimea along with 33 other officers were killed in an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol

If confirmed, Admiral Viktor Sokolov’s killing would make this one of Kyiv’s most significant strikes on occupied Crimea

US supplies of long-range ATACMS missiles and Abrams tanks to Ukraine will not change the situation on the battlefield, the Kremlin warned on Tuesday, hours after the latest wave of Russian drones hit Ukraine's Danube river port of Izmail, damaging grain-exporting facilities. Read our live blog to see how all…

New missile strike comes days after Black Sea navy commander believed to have died in devastating attack